George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All three eagerly spoon the coins into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. In the background is a wide open gate to the Treasury
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from watermark., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Restrike, with aquatinting worn out in some areas. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7166., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: bowls -- Craws, monstrous -- Cutlery: ladles -- Coins -- Guineas as food -- Fool's cap -- Prince's debts -- Gate of the Treasury building -- Coalition feast -- Reconciliation of Prince George and his parents -- Miserliness of George III and Queen Charlotte -- Reference to John Bull., Watermark on the left side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the right side., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is a pseudonym probably for Samuel Howitt., Temporary local subject terms: Moses -- Carbuncle., and Printseller's identification stamp located in lower right corner: S·W·F.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[27 January 1804]
Call Number:
804.01.27.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Rector's hopes confirmed by John Bull's discovery
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Chair -- Costume: Clergy Rector -- John Bull -- Male Costume: 1804 -- Port -- Furniture: Table -- Biblical Reference: Ezekiel 35.1 -- Medical: Dermatalogical Disease., and Watermark: G. Jones 1803.
Title from item., Later state with S.W. Fores imprint replacing C. Knight imprint [scratched through]., Publication date inferred from earlier state., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Chair -- Costume: Clergy Rector -- John Bull -- Male Costume: 1804 -- Port -- Furniture: Table -- Biblical Reference: Ezekiel 35.1 -- Medical: Dermatalogical Disease.
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption below design: Arrah! but this is hard work for us both Smiler, if it keeps on pelting in our faces in this manner to the end of our journey, surely the wind will change when we return., Plate numbered '357' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 16, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic sterertypes, Messengers, Horseback riding, Rain, and Churches
Title from item., Plate numbered '345' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of descriptive text below design: An excellent comedian, in Staffordshire had played the part of Risk, in 'Love Laughs at Locksmiths,' with much applause...Vide Montlhy Mirror for Feby., 1804, page 133., Five numbered verses of a song "The bailiff" arranged in the lower potion of the print:. Sung to the tune of "Miss Bailey.", and Temporary local subject terms: Bailiff.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Title from item., Giles Grinagain is a pseudonym., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms:, and Printseller's identification stamp located in lower right corner: S·W·F.
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of twenty-one consecutive numbers run parallel with the lower edge of the design and correspond with figures in the print., Four columns of numbered names and titles correspond with figures in the print. Inscribed below design., and One line of instructive text in lower right corner of print: To face page 218.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1714-1777, Nash, Richard, 1674-1761, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Powis, Henry Arthur Herbert, Earl of, 1703-1772, Norfolk, Katharine Howard, Duchess of, d. 1784, Johnson, Elizabeth Jarvis Porter, 1689-1752, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761, Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768, Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788, Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757, and Garrick, David, 1717-1779
